Parties in the European Council between January and June 2013

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The member-states of the European Union by the European party affiliations of their leaders, as of 1 January 2013.

Until 1 July 2013 the European Union will have twenty-seven members. On that date, Croatia is expected to join the Union, therefore forcing a change of the influence each member-state has, as well as its Qualified Majority Voting. This article describes the party affiliations of leaders of each member-state represented in the European Council during the year 2013. The list below gives the political party that each head of government, or head of state, belongs to at the national level, as well as the European political alliance to which that national party belongs. The states are listed from most to least populous. More populous states have greater influence in the council, in accordance with the system of Qualified Majority Voting.

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Summary [edit]

Party 1 January 2013 28 February 2013 11 March 2013 13 March 2013 20 March 2013
# QMV # QMV # QMV # QMV # QMV
European People's Party 15 182 16 186 15 183 14 173 13 169
Party of European Socialists 5 65 5 65 6 68 6 68 6 68
Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists 2 41 2 41 2 41 2 41 2 41
Independent 2 36 2 36 2 36 3 46 4 50
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party 2 17 2 17 2 17 2 17 2 17
Party of the European Left 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

List of leaders (1 January 2013) [edit]

Member-state Votes Leader National party European party
Germany 29 Angela Merkel CDU EPP
United Kingdom 29 David Cameron Conservative AECR
France 29 François Hollande PS PES
Italy 29 Mario Monti Independent
Spain 27 Mariano Rajoy PP EPP
Poland 27 Donald Tusk PO EPP
Romania 14 Traian Băsescu PD-L[1] EPP
Netherlands 13 Mark Rutte VVD ALDE
Greece 12 Antonis Samaras ND EPP
Czech Republic 12 Petr Nečas ODS AECR
Belgium 12 Elio Di Rupo PS PES
Hungary 12 Viktor Orbán Fidesz EPP
Portugal 12 Pedro Passos Coelho PPD/PSD EPP
Sweden 10 Fredrik Reinfeldt M EPP
Austria 10 Werner Faymann SPÖ PES
Bulgaria 10 Boyko Borisov GERB EPP
Slovakia 7 Robert Fico Smer-SD PES
Denmark 7 Helle Thorning-Schmidt A PES
Finland 7 Jyrki Katainen Kok. EPP
Ireland 7 Enda Kenny FG EPP
Lithuania 7 Dalia Grybauskaitė Independent
Latvia 4 Valdis Dombrovskis V EPP
Slovenia 4 Janez Janša SDS EPP
Estonia 4 Andrus Ansip RE ALDE
Cyprus 4 Demetris Christofias AKEL PEL[2]
Luxembourg 4 Jean-Claude Juncker CSV EPP
Malta 3 Lawrence Gonzi PN EPP

^ Officially independent.
^ AKEL holds only observer status with the Party of the European Left.

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Affiliation [edit]

Date Member-state Leader National party European party
28 February Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades DISY EPP
11 March Malta Joseph Muscat PL PES
13 March Bulgaria Marin Raykov Independent
20 March Slovenia Alenka Bratušek PS Independent

Office-holder only [edit]

Date Member-state Leader National party European party
28 April Italy Enrico Letta PD Independent

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